Task force makes multiple arrests

Tuesday

May 7, 2013 at 12:01 AMMay 7, 2013 at 9:21 AM

STOCKTON — Community Response Team members and officers from the San Joaquin Countywide Multi-Agency Gang Task Force went to Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Stanislaus Street at 5 p.m. Sunday on reports of a man with a gun.

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STOCKTON — Community Response Team members and officers from the San Joaquin Countywide Multi-Agency Gang Task Force went to Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Stanislaus Street at 5 p.m. Sunday on reports of a man with a gun. They reported finding two men who were passing a loaded handgun back and forth and arrested Javier Corona, 22, and Oscar Castaneda, also 22, without incident on suspicion of weapons charges.

The team also responded to a nearby car burglary attempt two hours later. About 7:10 p.m. Sunday, they received a call from a camera room operator who reported a potential auto theft in progress at Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Hunter Street. Officers said one person was carrying a loaded concealed handgun. They arrested Martin Castaneira, 31, on suspicion of weapons possession.